Why one physician opted to pause her retirement plans

As organizations around the country struggle with staffing shortages, some providers have to turned to recruiting recently retired doctors and nurses who may be interested in jumping back into the fray. The strategy offers two unique benefits: health systems can fill in workforce gaps, while younger clinicians get the opportunity to learn from their peers’ decades of experience.

Dr. Marye McCroskey was one such clinician. In 2015, she…